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Calvin: Do you believe in the devil? You know, a supreme evil being dedicated to the temptation, corruption, and destruction read more
Calvin: Do you believe in the devil? You know, a supreme evil being dedicated to the temptation, corruption, and destruction of man? Hobbes: I'm not sure that man needs the help
The spiritual virtue of a sacrament is like light; although it
passes among the impure, it is not polluted.
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The spiritual virtue of a sacrament is like light; although it
passes among the impure, it is not polluted.
[Lat., Spiritalis enim virtus sacramenti ita est ut lux: etsi
per immundos transeat, non inquinatur.]
The accomplice to the crime of corruption is frequently our own indifference
The accomplice to the crime of corruption is frequently our own indifference
. . . thieves at home must hang; but he that puts
Into his overgorged and bloated purse
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. . . thieves at home must hang; but he that puts
Into his overgorged and bloated purse
The wealth of Indian provinces, escapes.
'Tis the most certain sign, the world's accurst
That the best things corrupted, are the worst;
'Twas read more
'Tis the most certain sign, the world's accurst
That the best things corrupted, are the worst;
'Twas the corrupted Light of knowledge, hurl'd
Sin, Death, and Ignorance o'er all the world;
That Sun like this (from which our sight we have)
Gaz'd on too long, resumes the light he gave.
Corruption and hypocrisy ought not to be inevitable products of democracy, as they undoubtedly are today
Corruption and hypocrisy ought not to be inevitable products of democracy, as they undoubtedly are today
Don't buy a single vote more than necessary. I'll be damned if I'm going to pay for a landslide.
Don't buy a single vote more than necessary. I'll be damned if I'm going to pay for a landslide.
So true is that old saying, Corruptio optimi pessima.
So true is that old saying, Corruptio optimi pessima.
If something can corrupt you, you're corrupted already.
If something can corrupt you, you're corrupted already.
